Example sentences of "is [adj] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | The law , she thinks , is strong enough as it stands . |
| 2 | He who does what is right , is righteous just as he |
| 3 | No one is clear yet as to how exactly it will work out . |
| 4 | Recognise that this is a form of self-importance — that everyone is perfect just as they are . |
| 5 | The practice is dubious anyway as larger containers of detergent can become contaminated by certain bacteria , often pseudomonads , and act as reservoirs of infection or spoilage . |
| 6 | ‘ Reality is bendy enough as it stands , ’ he said . |
| 7 | I know inside Mr Crangle is curious only as to what I 'm like and wishes me no real harm , but there are others who do . ’ |
| 8 | Furthermore , the hierarchical structuring of the book is typeset so as to emphasize to the reader that p2 is at the same level as p1 and not a continuation of p6 . |
| 9 | It is 9.20 a.m. as Robyn reaches the broad tree-lined streets that border the University . |
| 10 | A tan is healthy only as long as you give your skin adequate protection from damaging rays and in the mountains the sun can be particularly strong . |
| 11 | The same inherent chemical element is present today as when the sport began . |
| 12 | I certainly want teachers to respond closely to the situation in which they are — but they need to be clear about the overall function of RE , what it is about , in order to respond in a way which is meaningful so as not to be just taken over by the latest influence . |
| 13 | This would be the most natural way of questioning any of the predicative adjectives in ( 30 ) — and could be used just as well for the second and third cases of ( 28 ) : ( 30 ) his accountant was sensible Helen 's profile is striking the new coin is octagonal Just as the contrast between how ? and which ? reflects the contrast of structural position between postnominal attributive and predicate qualifier , so the contrast of question words between how ? and what ? or what … like ? allows us to infer that an adjective in ordinary predicative position is not a plausible origin for the predicate qualifier . |
| 14 | They should make certain that the authorities are spending a suitable amount on adult education , and that it is available locally as well as centrally . |
| 15 | It follows that the Created God is everlasting only as long as there is life on earth , the endurance being twofold . |
| 16 | The view which I share with such disparate theorists as Antonio Gramsci and Max Weber is that the model of lawyers as both agents of the bourgeoisie and translators is correct theoretically as well as empirically . |
| 17 | They may not be looking for treatment or rehabilitation but er what we can offer them is clean injecting equipment er free condoms , because H I V is transmitted sexually as well , probably more than , more often than in Oxfordshire , er and also we have been prescribing from an assessment clinic in the city centre . |
| 18 | Their deployment is legitimate only as long as the world can accept that there is no real threat of their use . |
| 19 | A simplified Chart representation of a portion of an utterance which is interpretable either as this new display or as this nudist play . |
| 20 | And he is noteworthy also as the composer of one of the only two known French Passion-settings of the sixteenth century : a Matthew Passion published by Attaingnant in 1534 in his tenth volume of motets , where it is followed by an anonymous John Passion . |
| 21 | Yet clearly this is true only as long as we leave the judging subject out of the picture . |
| 22 | It is bad enough as it is at the moment . |